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Llanddulas is a village in Conwy county borough, North Wales midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the North Wales Expressway.

The village lies beneath the limestone hill of Cefn-yr-Ogof (669 ft). This hill has large caves, and quarrying of limestone was formerly the main industry of the village, with crushed stone being exported from the 200 m long jetty.

According to figures from the 2001 census, Llanddulas, combined with nearby village Rhyd y Foel, had a population of 1,572, with around 23% of the population having some knowledge of the Welsh language.

Llanddulas is notable as being the place where Richard II was betrayed in 1399


 Pubs/Bars in Llanddulas:
 Dulas Arms
       Abergele Road
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8HP
 01492 515747

 Fair View Inn
       Abergele Road
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8HH
 01492 515780

 The Valentine Inn
       Mill Street
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8ES
 01492 518189


 Campsites/Caravans in Llanddulas:
 Llanddulas Chalet Park
       The Shop
       Pencoed Road
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8LS
 01492 516768


 Restaurants in Llanddulas:
 Little Chef
       Llanddulas Interchange
       A55 & B5433
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8HH
 01492 512692


 Other in Llanddulas:
 The Royal British Legion
       Abergele Road
       Llanddulas
       Abergele
       Clwyd
       LL22 8EN
 01492 516376


Llandulas (Llan-Ddulas) - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
LLANDULAS (LLAN-DDULAS), a parish, in the union of St. Asaph, hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh, North Wales, on the road between Holyhead and Chester, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Abergele; containing 514 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by Abergele, on the west by Llŷsvaen, on the south by Bettws-yn-Rhôs, on the north by St. George's Channel; and comprises by computation 606 acres, mostly arable land. The bold and rocky mountain scenery, which in some places is very striking, subsides in the valley between the rocks and the sea, where are some fine plantations of most kinds of timber. Limestone of the best quality, and in which lead-ore is found, is abundant, and a number of families are employed in procuring it from the mountains; it is sent hence chiefly to Liverpool and other parts of Lancashire, and to Cheshire, to be burned for mortar. The bay of Llandulas, though spacious, is not considered secure on the least appearance of foul weather: a lofty wooden pier was erected in 1822, projecting some distance into the sea, to which a tramroad extends from the limestone-quarries, so that vessels can conveniently receive their cargoes at certain states of the tide. The Chester and Holyhead railway intersects the parish. Though there are no seats of any consequence, a few good houses here are occupied by gentlemen of moderate property: the village, of small size, is situated on the banks of the river Dulas, over which is a good stone bridge, and near its influx into the sea.

The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £6. 1. 5½.; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph: the tithes have been commuted for a rentcharge of £147. 13. 4., and the glebe comprises several acres, valued, with the house, at £30 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Ceinbryd, is a small plain structure, built in 1732: in 1832 the late Colonel Wynne, at his own charge, erected a gallery for the accommodation of the inhabitants; and a north transept and vestry-room were built in 1841: there are 220 sittings. A school was endowed by Colonel Wynne with a rent-charge of £15 per annum on a farm called Pentredû, in the parish of Llanvair-Talhairn. There are also four almshouses, erected in 1767, by three brothers named Lloyd, but which, not being endowed, are inhabited by paupers, and kept in repair out of the rates. A few bequests of very small amount are appropriated, conformably with the wishes of the testators, to the aid of the poor.



 

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